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re: Alabama Basketball Recruiting and Offseason Talk
Posted on 5/9/18 at 8:59 am to GatorsGators
Posted on 5/9/18 at 8:59 am to GatorsGators
Jon Rothstein:
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The return game of the home-and-home series between Alabama and UCF will be November 29th in Orlando, per a source.
Posted on 5/9/18 at 6:08 pm to Bamafan15
I wish we were getting the URI game out of the way this year because I expect our 2019 team to be better. It's possible we'll get out of playing it entirely.
Posted on 5/9/18 at 7:46 pm to TomRollTideRitter
Kentucky landed a 2019 5-Star guard today. Someone said that’s their second one in the 2019 class. I’ve heard more than once that if Kentucky offers Kira Lewis, we should be very worried and he’ll likely commit there. But hopefully them having these guards will steer him away
Posted on 5/9/18 at 8:04 pm to TomRollTideRitter
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I wish we were getting the URI game out of the way this year because I expect our 2019 team to be better. It's possible we'll get out of playing it entirely.
Whats wrong with it ?
Posted on 5/9/18 at 8:15 pm to JBearden
There's nothing wrong with it. I'd just rather have the '19 team playing most of its games at home, so I can go.
I actually think with the new quadrant system road games against mid-major programs could be very beneficial. As long as URI stays in the top 135 of RPI, that'll be at least a Q2 game.
I actually think with the new quadrant system road games against mid-major programs could be very beneficial. As long as URI stays in the top 135 of RPI, that'll be at least a Q2 game.
Posted on 5/9/18 at 8:24 pm to Bamafan15
Kira is all the way into the top 50 in 247s rankings.
We have 5 CB picks for him and Watford and two for Walton.
We have 5 CB picks for him and Watford and two for Walton.
Posted on 5/9/18 at 9:23 pm to TomRollTideRitter
We offered 2019 SF Greg Gantt
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:03 am to TomRollTideRitter
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Kira is all the way into the top 50 in 247s rankings.
We have 5 CB picks for him and Watford and two for Walton
Also Walton moved into their top 100 at 88, while Kobe Brown dropped way down to 132. It's amazing how on top of the recruiting game our staff is. A while back everyone was wondering why we weren't going after Brown when he was a borderline top 50 prospect and the clear #2 prospect in Alabama and instead were going after a player like Walton who was pretty much an unknown. They've shown a knack of seeing the players trend upward before it actually happens.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:44 am to BigBird09
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instead were going after a player like Walton who was pretty much an unknown. They've shown a knack of seeing the players trend
While I agree that Bama does a great job finding guys before they blow up, Walton isn't a great example as he was known to many coaches
I mean, when I mentioned Walton months ago as someone other teams were actively interested in/tracking LINK
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:58 am to GenesChin
I mentioned Walton on here last year, so you're right that he wasn't an unknown prospect. We still offered before most other teams, and to offer Walton and not Kobe Brown was definitely going against the national trend.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 9:00 am to TomRollTideRitter
We also have 3 CB picks already for Austin Harvell. Really early for that.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 9:56 am to GenesChin
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Walton isn't a great example as he was known to many coaches
I guess I view "unknown" as a relative term when it comes to recruiting. In terms of recruiting sites, he was a relative unknown (aka not close to sniffing anybody's top 100). Sexton wasn't an unknown to all high-major colleges before his last year of AAU either. He was a relative unknown prospect...
Posted on 5/10/18 at 11:22 am to TomRollTideRitter
Certainly appears that we’re focused on instate talent the next few classes.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 1:51 pm to Gongora
Anytime Kentucky gets involved it's natural to worry...But we'd really have to drop the ball to lose Kira I think. Everything I've heard is we've been the team to beat
Posted on 5/10/18 at 4:08 pm to Bamainva40
I wouldn’t just brush off Kentucky like you’re doing. I’ve heard from 2 different good sources that he’s always wanted to play there, and they both said we better hope they don’t offer him. That doesn’t mean 100% that he’ll go to Kentucky, but they’ll definitely be a legit threat if they start recruiting him hard and if they offer him soon
Posted on 5/10/18 at 7:18 pm to Bamafan15
If we lose Watford and Lewis in '19 I will absolutely puke.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:08 pm to Bamainva40
Getting Watford and Lewis, or at least one, is a must. TBH, if we can't build a fence around the state, there is no realistic way that we can build a consistently successful program. Grant and Gottfried couldn't keep enough of the in-state talent at home, and that was a major reason for their downfalls.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 8:09 pm to Bamainva40
I think we’re in really good shape with Watford as of now.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 9:08 pm to CrimsonTider98
Failure to sign in state talent had literally nothing to do with Grant failing to build a consistent program. Mostly because there was very little of it while he was here. He could have maybe gotten one or both of Cousins and Bledsoe if he had a year or two to recruit them, but he had no such opportunity. Otherwise who could he have maybe signed that he didn't? William Lee? Isaac Haas? It would have been nice to have those guys, but they wouldn't have changed the direction of the program. Avery has gotten pretty lucky. Last year had a really good crop of in state players, and so does next year. Both are as good or better than any Grant ever got.
Posted on 5/10/18 at 9:14 pm to Robot Santa
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William Lee? Isaac Haas? It would have been nice to have those guys, but they wouldn't have changed the direction of the program. Avery has gotten pretty lucky. Last year had a really good crop of in state players, and so does next year. Both are as good or better than any Grant ever got.
Lee and Haas were the two best players in-state for the 2014 class and we desperately needed a big man. Both were brutal misses. KJ Mcdaniel and Craig Sword come to mind as well. Bottom Line: On the rare occasion when this state produces some elite talent, you better get them signed or you're screwed.
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